Montanha
João Salaviza
A sweltering summer in Lisbon. David, 14, knows that his grandfather is going to die, but refuses to go and see him for fear of losing him. David's mother spends the nights at her father's bedside. The gap already left by his grandfather means David has to become the man of the house. He feels he is not ready to take on this new role, but without realising it, the more he tries avoiding adult life, the closer it gets…
With : David Mourato, Maria João Pinho, Rodrigo Perdigão, Cheyenne Domingues, Ema Araújo, Carloto Cotta, Ana Cris, Margarida Fernandes
Screenplay : João Salaviza
Image : Vasco Viana
Sound : Olivier Blanc, Nuno Carvalho, Thierry Delor
Editing : José Edgar Feldman, João Salaviza
Music : Norberto Lobo
Screenplay : João Salaviza
Image : Vasco Viana
Sound : Olivier Blanc, Nuno Carvalho, Thierry Delor
Editing : José Edgar Feldman, João Salaviza
Music : Norberto Lobo
Production : Maria João Mayer (Filmes do Tejo II)
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Distribution: Pyramide
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Avenida Liberdade 85,3º, Lisboa
1269-049 LISBOA
213 234 400
filmesdotejo@filmesdotejo.pt
François d’Artemare (Les Films de l'Après-midi)
54 rue René Boulanger, 75010 Paris, France
01 45 44 07 81
contact@films-am.com
Distribution: Pyramide
http://distrib.pyramidefilms.com/
João Salaviza was born in Lisbon in 1984. He graduated from the National Film Academy in Lisbon and the Cinema University in Buenos Aires. He has made several short films which were much acclaimed in several international festivals, including Rafa, which won the Golden Bear for best short film in Berlin in 2012, whose screenplay was read in Angers, and Arena, winner of the short film Palme d'or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and also presented in Angers. In 2012, the Pompidou Centre in Paris programmed four of his shorts. Montanha, presented at the 2015 Venice Film Festival (Critics' Week), is his first feature.